Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21721-less-verbose-release-process 3 30 Aug 2026, 10:54

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Upgrading an old Tails USB installation 87 0 0 0 0 87 7 0 7 11:23.692 Passed
Tags: @product
Feature Upgrading an old Tails USB installation
As a Tails user If I have an old version of Tails installed on a USB device and the USB device has a Persistent Storage I want to upgrade Tails on it and keep my Persistent Storage in the process
Tags: @product
1:8.491
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.073
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "old" 0.020
And I plug USB drive "old" 1.021
And I write an old version of the Tails USB image to disk "old" 13.372
When I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged 51.097
Then the boot device has safe access rights 2.308
And Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.252
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "old" 0.046
And process "udev-watchdog" is running 0.044
And udev-watchdog is monitoring the correct device 0.147
And I unplug USB drive "old" 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:24.983
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.130
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login 49.642
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.211
And I create a persistent partition 23.335
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.059
Then a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "old" 0.477
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:32.639
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "old" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.588
Then Tails is running from USB drive "old" 0.210
And all tps features are active 9.125
When I write some files expected to persist 1.117
# Verify that our baseline for the next scenarios is sane
And all persistent filesystems have safe access rights 0.166
And all persistence configuration files have safe access rights 0.277
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.563
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.656
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.525
# XXX: how does guestfs work vs snapshots? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "old" 11.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
2:14.345
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.361
And I log in to a new session 12.834
And I clone USB drive "old" to a new USB drive "to_upgrade" 1.916
And I plug USB drive "to_upgrade" 2.198
When I upgrade Tails to USB drive "to_upgrade" by cloning 1:30.971
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "to_upgrade" 17.822
And I unplug USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.122
And I unplug USB drive "__internal" 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.997
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "to_upgrade" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.495
Then all tps features from the old Tails version are active 1.118
And Tails is running from USB drive "to_upgrade" 0.188
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.373
And the expected persistent files created with the old Tails version are present in the filesystem 1.082
And all persistent directories from the old Tails version have safe access rights 1.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
3:38.178
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.045
And no SquashFS delta is installed 0.057
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.197
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.048
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are not present 0.173
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are not present 0.260
When the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 13.068
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 1.405
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 4.091
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.353
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.374
Then Tails is running version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.414
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.2~testoverlayfs are present 0.180
And only the 6.2~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.035
# Our IUK sets a release date that can make Tor bootstrapping impossible
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.097
# We'll really install Tails_amd64_6.0~testoverlayfs_to_6.3~testoverlayfs.iuk
# but we need some way to force upgrading a second time in a row
# even if only the initially installed version is considered
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.148
When the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.645
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.952
And I can successfully install the incremental upgrade to version 6.3~testoverlayfs 3.540
Given I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.034
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.067
Then Tails is running version 6.3~testoverlayfs 0.005
And all tps features are active 7.848
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present 0.290
And only the 6.3~testoverlayfs SquashFS delta is installed 0.064
# Regression test for #17425 (i.e. the Upgrader would propose
# upgrading to the version that's already running)
Given Tails system time is magically synchronized 0.103
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.1~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.179
When the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.210
Then the Upgrader considers the system as up-to-date 10.401
# Regression test on #8158 (i.e. the IUK's filesystem is not part of the Unsafe Browser's chroot)
And I successfully start the Unsafe Browser 3.491
And the file system changes introduced in version 6.3~testoverlayfs are present in the Unsafe Browser's chroot 0.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @automatic_upgrade
18.056
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.828
And Tails is fooled to think that version 6.0~testoverlayfs was initially installed 0.217
And Tails is fooled to think it is running version 6.0~testoverlayfs 0.041
And the signing key used by the Upgrader is outdated 0.037
But a current signing key is available on our website 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.525
Then I am proposed to install an incremental upgrade to version 6.2~testoverlayfs 0.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000